My Latest Efforts ...

And check out the newest offerings in Gallery Six!

These are my most recent illustrations, which may ( or may not) appear elsewhere on the site. This is an effort to save frequent vistors the trouble of surfing the entire site to find new work. As more paintings are added, these will be moved to the various on-line galleries of aviation-art.net.

The Curtiss F9-C "Sparrowhawk" was designed for use as a reconnaissaince aircraft. It was known as "The Flying Trapeze" because it was launched from and recovered by the U.S. Navy Airships Akron and Macon. Six Sparrowhawks were built in 1932. Their service ended when the Macon crashed at sea with four Sparrowhawks aboard. 24"x18" acrylic on canvaspanel $800.

"Wit's Thud" commissioned for Sawit Raymond. This is the F-105F that, when first seen by Wit, made him a Thud fan for life.

I am pleased to announce that my paintings are now on display at All In The Frame Gallery in Venice, Florida. You can see their announcement here: Abbacino Galleria

The F-4D flown by Captain Fred Olmstead and Capt. G.R. Volloy while assigned to the 13th TFS, 432rd TRW during the Linebacker Campaigns of 1972 against North Vietnam. They shot down a MIG-21 in this Phantom on 30 March 1972. 24"x18" acrylic on canvaspanel. $800. Reserved JH	F-105D-6-RE of the 469th TFS, 388th TFW was flown by Capatain Peter Foley on his 200th mission over North Vietnam. 24" 10" acrylic on illustration board. $750 Reserved TF	Lockheed SR-71 at FL 800 and Mach 3.2 exits enemy territory on a recce mission. 24" x 18" acrylic on canvas panel. $950
American Airlines DC-3 plys the mid-level airways in the late 1930s. Acrylic on Canvaspanel 24" x 18" $800	A-1E Skyraider (Spad) of the 1st SOS, flying out of Nakhon Phanom AB, Thailand, providing SAR cover for a downed American fighter pilot in 1971. 18" x 24" acrylic on canvas panel. $800	Major Frederick "Boots" Blesse was a USAF Korean War ace, and the author of the air-to-air tactics manual "No Guts, No Glory!" A primary dogfighting tactic, the rolling scissors, is demonstated in this painting, as Blesse begins to roll right, over the top of the left-turning Mig, a maneuver which will put him at the Mig's 6 o'clock. Acrylic on canvas panel 18" x 24" $850

The Robin Olds paintings are featured in the latest edition of the

American Society of Aviation Artists magazine, "The Aerobrush"

Welcome to your tour of the on-line art gallery of the illustrations of Lou Drendel. You will see a broad cross-section of work done over the past 40 years. Many are for sale, and most are original works.  Each is an individual and unique piece of collectible art.

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